ABSTRACT
Between 1966 and 1974, the Lisbon-based Aginter Presse was the primary vehicle through which intransigent Secret Army Organization (OAS) veterans and their neo-fascist supporters launched counterrevolutionary and counterguerrilla operations. In both January and April of 1967, Ordre et Tradition hosted meetings in Lisbon that were attended by representatives of neo-fascist organizations from various countries in Europe and South America, with the aim of enlisting their support for the creation of a worldwide network of "correspondents". Most concluded that to gain the upper hand in the struggle against international communist subversion, it was necessary to adopt the enemy's totalitarian methods and turn them against its creators. The "black bombardier" was himself entrusted with undertaking international propaganda activities designed to improve the public image of the junta, an extraordinarily difficult if not impossible task considering that only Argentina and South Africa officially recognized the new regime.
